Gou Wa and Niu Niu were the first to get up; they both went to bed early.
Gou Wa saw that the adults were still asleep and knew that they must be tired from last night. He told Niuniu to go to the backyard to feed the rabbits quietly, opened the door to let Xiao Hei out to forage, and then turned into the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
When Gu Qichuan got up, Gou Wa had already prepared breakfast.
"Morning, uncle."
"Good morning, Ruirui. Did Ruirui make breakfast?"
"I did it, uncle."
Gu Qichuan looked at the soft and glutinous two-grain porridge, the delicious mixed vegetables, and the beautiful egg cake on the table, and sighed silently that he might be worse than a child.
"I learned it by watching my mother make it, but I still don't know how to make noodles. The hot steamed buns in the pot were steamed by my mother." Gou Wa set the dishes and chopsticks and glanced at Zhou Yubai and Shen Qingli's room.
"Leave the food for your parents. Let's eat first. They probably worked until late at night yesterday. Zhou Yubai won't be working today, so let them wake up naturally." Gu Qichuan whispered.
Gou Wa nodded, saved some food for Zhou Yubai and his wife, and then called Niu Niu to come for dinner.
Niu Niu's little rabbits have grown bigger than before, and their number has increased to six.
Whenever Xiao Hei sees a little rabbit on the mountain, he will catch it for Niu Niu.
Niu Niu always happily hugged Xiao Hei and praised him in various ways, which made Xiao Hei hesitate whether to catch some other animal cubs to please his little master.
After breakfast, Gu Qichuan went to work.
Not long after he left, Shen Qingli and Zhou Yubai got up. They had things to do today and they couldn't sleep all the time.
"Dad and Mom, the food is in the pot." Gou Wa said to them.
"Okay, thank you Ruirui for your hard work again." Shen Qingli said softly. She felt a little guilty. After bringing Gou Wa back home, he became very capable, trouble-free and pretty.
What a fairy son this is.
If all children were like him, I guess no one would dislike children.
Zhou Yubai and Shen Qingli washed up and had breakfast together.
"Dad, why didn't you go to work today? Are you not feeling well?" Niu Niu had been wandering around in the yard. She waited until Zhou Yubai finished his meal before walking over to ask. While speaking, the little girl's eyes were fixed on Zhou Yubai.
I was seriously trying to make sure whether Dad was feeling unwell.
Zhou Yubai curled his lips and said, "Dad is not feeling unwell. He is going to accompany your mother to do something."
"I'm glad you're not sick." Niu Niu smiled sweetly.
Shen Qingli joked, "Yubai, a daughter is a father's little cotton-padded jacket. Our Niuniu's cotton-padded jacket is so nice."
"Yes." Zhou Yubai affirmed.
"Dad also has a cotton shirt, a good cotton shirt." Niu Niu said in a soft voice.
Zhou Yubai and Shen Qingli were both amused, and Gou Wa looked at Niuniu with satisfaction, and the atmosphere was very good.
After simply tidying up the kitchen, Shen Qingli put some snacks such as large biscuits and egg cakes in a basket, and made a few pickled vegetables, and a large bottle of beef sauce and egg sauce.
After everything was ready, Zhou Yubai was asked to go out with him.
Gou Wa has already taken Niu Niu and Xiao Hei to the foot of the mountain.
Except for foraging for food, Xiao Hei spends all his time with Gou Wa and Niu Niu, while Da Huang stays at home to watch over the yard.
The two major ones have already worked out the division of labor and are each doing their own job.
Zhou Yubai took Shen Qingli on a detour to the cowshed.
When they got there, Qin Zhi was already repairing the wall. His legs didn't hurt that much, so he used a stick to help him work bit by bit.
"Uncle Qin, why are you still working when you are injured?" Shen Qingli walked forward and dragged Qin Zhi back to the kang.
"I'm just thinking about doing something first. Who is this?" Qin Zhi's eyes fell on Zhou Yubai. Judging from his temperament, this young man is very good, like someone who came from the army. He has a straight body, but judging from his face...
A bit ugly.
Although men cannot just look at the face, but, their Ah Li is so pretty, what's wrong with looking at her lover's face?
"This is my lover, Zhou Yubai. You can call him Yubai or Xiao Zhou." Shen Qingli introduced him gently. When she talked about Zhou Yubai, there was a smile of pride in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.
It's like saying, look at my love, he is very good.
Zhou Yubai was a sensitive person, so of course he could see Qin Zhi's disappointment. When he and Shen Qingli stood together, everyone would say, "It's a pity for Shen Qingli, her man is so ugly and not worthy of her."
But his little girl looked so proud, as if she was telling the whole world that she was proud of him.
She loves him.
Zhou Yubai's heart was already filled with warmth. He nodded to Qin Zhi and called him Uncle Qin as a greeting.
"Xiao Zhou, thank you for your hard work today." Qin Zhi said. He realized his previous misconduct and felt a little embarrassed.
"It's not hard." Zhou Yubai started working immediately. He checked the walls that were leaking air in all directions and found a large piece at the back that was almost bigger than the window.
"Yu Bai, can we use bamboo to pierce it up and down and then directly paste the mud on the bamboo?" Shen Qingli said after thinking for a while.
"Okay, we can do this on these sides. It will be easier to hang mud with bamboo." Zhou Yubai responded, looking at Shen Qingli with admiration in his eyes, "I'll go cut bamboo, you wait here for me."
"Well, I'll see what I can do." Shen Qingli said.
"You don't have to do anything." Zhou Yubai said, and walked quickly into the forest.
Shen Qingli curled her lips and smiled softly, looking at Zhou Yubai's back until he was out of sight. Then she withdrew her gaze and looked at Qin Zhi. The smile between the girl's eyebrows disappeared in an instant.
Qin Zhi coughed twice and said, "I'm not the type to judge people by appearance. I was just a little surprised just now. Xiao Zhou is a very good guy. I can tell."
"Uncle Qin, actually Yu Bai's... disfigurement was an accident. He used to be very handsome." Shen Qingli said in a low voice with a somewhat lost look, which made Qin Zhi regretful.
He wanted to hit himself twice. If he wasn't so rude, could he have hurt Shen Qingli?
"It's my fault. I will formally apologize to Xiao Zhou later. Don't be sad." Qin Zhi advised.
"Oh, no need, Uncle Qin. Yu Bai won't take it to heart. I will definitely remove the scar on his face."
"Yeah." Qin Zhi immediately agreed, "If Xiao Zhou didn't have that scar, he would definitely be a handsome man."
Shen Qingli raised her eyes, "Yes, that's right."
"Yeah, that's true."
Shen Qingli then started to smile. She looked around and saw nothing to do, so she simply cleaned up the house thoroughly. After that, she stuffed all the big biscuits and chicken cakes in the basket to Qin Zhi.
"Hide it, don't let anyone see it."
"This is too..." Qin Zhi wanted to refuse, but Shen Qingli had already walked out of the door to look at the stove.
In the end, Qin Zhi hid everything.
The small room where Qin Zhi and his friends lived was the most shabby one in the entire cowshed. It was on the west side of the yard and was hot in the summer and cold in the winter.
The brigade built kangs for fear that people would freeze to death in the winter, so they built kangs only after they knew that people would live here.
The original stove was connected to the kang, and the kang was too hot in the summer, so Qin Zhi and Zhuang Mu built a stove for themselves, also in the outer room. It was very small and could only hold a small pot...
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